List of mayors of Grand Forks, North Dakota
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The following is a complete list of the Mayor
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Grand Forks, North Dakota
Grand Forks is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Grand Forks County. According to the 2010 census, the city's population was 52,838, while that of the city and surrounding metropolitan area was 98,461...
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| Term | Mayor |
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| 1881-1882 | Col. W.H. Brown |
| 1882-1884 | M.L. McCormack |
| 1885 | J.S. Eshelman |
| 1886-1887 | D.M. Holmes |
| 1888-1889 | Alexander Griggs Alexander Griggs Alexander Griggs was an American steamboat captain. He is acknowledged as the founder of the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota and is called "The Father of Grand Forks."... |
| 1889-1893 | H.L. Whithed |
| 1894-1896 | W.J. Anderson |
| 1896-1904 | John Dinnie |
| 1904-1908 | George Duis |
| 1908-1910 | Dr. John Taylor |
| 1910-1914 | M.F. Murray |
| 1914-1918 | James A. Dinnie |
| 1918-1920 | Dr. Henry Wheeler |
| 1920 | Grand Forks converts to City Commission style of government |
| 1920-1926 | Henry O'Keefe Jr. (President of City Commissioners) |
| 1926-1934 | John Hulteng (President of City Commissioners) |
| 1934-1940 | E.A. Fladland (President of City Commissioners) |
| 1940-1944 | T.H.H. Thoreson |
| 1944 | Return of Mayor/Alderman System |
| 1944-1952 | Harold Boe |
| 1952-1960 | Oscar Lunseth |
| 1960-1964 | Nelson Youngs |
| 1964-1972 | Hugo Magnuson Hugo Magnuson Hugo R. Magnuson was the founder of the regional Hugo's grocery store chain and a former mayor of the city of Grand Forks, North Dakota. He served as mayor from 1964 to 1972. He also served as a city council member for seventeen years.Hugo Ragnar Magnuson was born in Otter Tail County, Minnesota... |
| 1972-1980 | C.P. O'Neill |
| 1980-1988 | H.C. Bud Wessman |
| 1988-1996 | Michael Polovitz |
| 1996-2000 | Patricia Owens Pat Owens Patrica A. Owens was the mayor of Grand Forks, North Dakota during the flood that devastated the city in April 1997... |
| 2000-present | Dr. Michael Brown Michael Brown (mayor) Michael Brown is the mayor of Grand Forks, North Dakota as of 2008. He spent his childhood in Okinawa and came to Grand Forks as an United States Air Force officer. He attended the University of North Dakota School of Medicine. Today, Brown is an obstetrician at Altru Health System in Grand... |